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2015 in Lit Hum
Today is the first day of classes and of Columbia’s unofficial two weeks of “shopping.” Accordingly, professors tend to bust out some of their best material in order to sell you the idea that the whole class will be entertaining/worth it/whatever you’re looking for. Sometimes it will be, and sometimes today is simply a masterful bait-and-switch. Either way, we love to hear about our faculty’s sharper moments, so send them to tips@bwog.com or share them in the comments.
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@Anonymous “Don’t quote me on bwog”-dawn strickland
@Anonymous Adam Connon in COMS 1004.
“This course wouldn’t work at Mississippi state community college… or… say… NYU”
@Anonymous ”This course is challenging and wouldn’t be taught at, say, Mississippi State Community College… or NYU.”~Adam Cannon, Intro to Java
@Art Hum Student: “How early on saturday mornings are the museum visits?”
William Gassaway: “Not early enough to make your hangover a problem.”
@Michael Thaddeus On Spivak’s book Calculus on Manifolds: “It’s like a book of poetry; every line is crucial…it’s a very tightly constructed contraption.”
@Dorothy Ko In Fashion history seminar, on doing a creative final project: “Research papers are so 19th century.”
@Anonymous Student/Professor interaction, beginning of lecture:
Prof: “Most of you know each other and all of you were in my class last semester, I think.”
*Scans room of ten students*
*Points to one*
Prof: “Except for you. Were you in my class last semester?”
Student: “Yup, I was.”
Prof: “Did you go to class last semester?”
Student: “Nope.”
Prof: “Well, that was a popular option.”
@Arvind Narayanaswamy On how a cold window can cause a draft without letting air through due to convection:
“…spooky….it could be the basis of some crappy nickelodeon show”
@Professor Trump “I’m a hawk times five.”
@Anonymous “Last semester, I taught in Frontiers of Science. In it, I showed 550 students nude pictures. I suspect that is the reason alot of you are here. Needless to say, I won’t be showing any nude pictures in Physics.” ~Professor Hughes in Intro to Electricity and Magnetism
@First words of brian greene's QM II any questions?
@Anonymous Lit Texts & Critical Methods (Erik Gray), moment of genius:
“Have you ever noticed how people pretend to eat babies?”
@Anonymouse The rugby team does it babies… it is known.
@Anonymous erik gray is a god among men.